Throughout the country, the 1960s marked a decade of change. Higley Construction was no stranger to this, as we experienced changes of our own. After 40 years of acting as President, Albert Higley Sr stepped down as President in 1965 passing the torch to Roy “Dutch” Harley.

With Dutch Harley acting as President, other members of the leadership team included Orville Heinicke and Albert Higley Jr. Orville began serving as Vice President of Estimating in 1968, after joining the company in the previous decade. Albert Higley Jr. would serve under Dutch as Executive Vice President. All three of these members of the leadership team would go on to have sons that worked for Higley Construction as well, exemplifying the people focused culture that has always been a part of our values. 

As the company continued to grow and expand, one key market that defined the decade is our work for healthcare institutions. Throughout the later half of the 1960’s, Higley Construction completed multiple projects for the Cleveland Clinic including; The East 90^th Street Building, the Education Building, and the Cleveland Clinic Inn.

After completing over 5,000 projects in the first 35 years of the company, Higley grew in both number of projects and project size during this decade. In just this decade, Higley Construction completed 3,000 projects! Project highlights include many public and nonprofit projects, projects that made a difference for the community and the City of Cleveland. The Thompson Auto Museum, the Cleveland Guidance Center, and the Church of the Covenant.

As the company embraced all of the  changes and growth that came along in the 1960s,  we still stood by our values and our work. Albert Higley Sr. would serve as Chairman until the end of the decade. He passed away on December 30, 1969 knowing that Higley Construction would continue his legacy.